Folio § nesrin
Nesrîn
Wild rose (eglantine)
The story of the name
The white wild rose that grows on mountain slopes in Kurdistan.
Etymology
Root: nasrīn · Persian
Nesrîn is the wild rose — Rosa canina — common across the Iranian plateau and Anatolia. As a name it has the slight wildness the flower itself carries.
Name family
- Şîlan · cognate
- Gul · cognate
Linguistic parallels
- Nasrin Persiska — Samma
- Nesrin Turkiska — Samma rot
Updated: 2026-05-02